nothing came of it anyway communism was a far cry from reality. when he was in power. descended into. saying. that. he wanted peace around the world. but he was the one. to him still appear to be. very. nikita khrushchev. he. states from his. grave together with relatives and. there

is. no dear i recognized your face. for the last seven years of his life nikita who was in political disfavor. about the truth. but there were months ended up costing them their careers. father and grandfather had been executed. rehabilitated good names. came to my boss and i was fired way. the great deal of red tape. for this monument. he had been intrigued by the. character. told me he had a mixture of different trains when i die he said it will weigh my good in.

the balance. the creator of. the. crew. to that memorable event took place at the exhibition. wants to know what. it is. up to mystic beatings. nikita khrushchev was in for an unpleasant surprise when he came to them to see that. something had. before. the sculptor aaron sneezes vesna tempted to defend his factory of freaks. it's impossible

to agree with artists some of them disfigured people she. was one of the young painters who raised the soviet leader. three of four paintings that were shown at the menagerie art galleries. just so happened the crucial after attention to them. and that's how it was. too much doom and gloom in paintings. a parody of life in them made some threatening remarks. said to me why is there so much gloom in your paintings you deserve to be sent to a forest to fell trees i said i had done my time there already then he gave me a small and warm communist pam it was i was very strong. and yes he

said it looks like you have. had. the. folk dances. to front of him but. only too well used to put on. the ukrainian. wearing a shirt the later became something. shortly before his death. some. government body. held a group. of

those who have. ah. ah seats in working order. to dance to. a full mechanic. but despite that he turned into an accomplished public speaker. the working class people look at us with

trepidation they will learn from their own experience what people on the factory floor and working people in general are capable of if they get rid of exploiters and. the soviet economy was. political. thirteen years in these corrective camps even though he was the son of one of the closest associates. rule. and later found it a good. it shows episodes from the lives of the political prisoners there were named enemies of the people. who would lay on those blank

beds the human dying to exhaustion. on top of that they had their kids back home. those are the kind of emotions those builders of communism. a turning point came in. the twentieth of the communist party of the soviet union was underway. khrushchev delivered a report revealing the scale of the political repression the took place in the. speech he puts the blame on. the country was in for a time of change. recent events in our country and abroad a break in period in the history. of. the changes the taking place behind the kremlin the media ramifications for the entire nation. thousands of political prisoners were rehabilitated and sent home there was

a notable softening of domestic policy. has gone down in history as the. in one thousand nine hundred. square and buried by the kremlin wall. that moment signified a point of no return for the nation. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on our hunger for the full story we've focused the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the. exhibition

. vilified the abstract painter thousand nine hundred sixty two in the spring of two thousand and ten. gave this is a photo exhibition in featured pictures taken by american photographer has one of these captures the famous debates between his father and the u.s. vice president richard nixon. going to picture shows nixon. did nixon's career i picture i'm holding it was discovered only recently this time . nixon. was a master of course but my father wasn't different or for that reason nixon was deemed the victor in dad to be. the first official visit to the united states by soviet leader took place in one

thousand nine hundred fifty nine. it was obvious that crucial for hope to make a favorable impression on americans. would be great russian people say that any good deeds should begin in the morning with out of moscow this morning and it's good to know that because of the time difference the first meeting on american soil was in the morning of this same day as you see all countries are not that far apart. it was the first time that the soviet communist leader was a human being someone who reacted openly and sincerely to current events during his tour of the united states crucial has always ready to to americans his freewheeling attitude was a hitting aides accompanying him on his foreign tools the most difficult part was to translate it for reasons we will show you this whatever it was this.

mother and what he meant was that we the socialist system we will develop our productive forces and everything else in such a way that we will open your eyes to what you have never seen before all the victims who called the f. was beside nikita during all his foreign visits he was the one who had to tell. us no to each time when flew into a rage. his most memorable escapade was during an address to the un general assembly in october one thousand sixty outraged by the close of the debate khrushchev protested by pounding on the desk it was so fierce that he ended up snapping the bracelet on his watch he suddenly looked at his watch and found that it had stopped because he banged it on the table saw the broken it.

so that he said made me furious and i'm quoting him now so i reached down picked up my shoe and started banging on the table with my shoe. first.

there was a popular. public . and to give encouragement to local collective farmers. he met with them in a local club. this picture shows crucial shaking has a valentino some sort of a milkmaid. look to plump and stocky a man with large strong hands does something so he says we are to feel his plans or prick your thrice as much meat as before but how you supposed to go about it. see

you're to grow up not a couple of days. cattle on the collective farms of the region had to be slaughtered to keep the promise given to khrushchev collective also compelled to send their own cals to the slaughter house when that didn't help the local authorities fate official papers to overstate the amount of meat in milk produced local people attempted to tell the fruit but to no avail. those were hard times we used to because nuts and sell them at the market place and down for a living at nothing but starch would bring it from the field to make something looking like fritters the food production plan was fulfilled but only on paper. the party head of the resentment was awarded the title of hero of socialist labor for the outstanding economic accomplishment however the cooking of the books came

to light the following year. of a historian from resigned found out that suffer from depression in the last months of his life. around his house all day long without any purpose during one of those walkabouts in september one thousand nine hundred sixty he committed suicide . after his death and more than five hundred letters of condolence came from all the soviet republics. the same time. the one who had initiated to drive to fulfill three meet. didn't tori's the subject. to pretend that nothing ordinary. the campaign calling on the nation to catch up with america take it gradually faded. the economic difficulties were complicated by problems in foreign policy hundred sixty a u.s.

reconnaissance plane was brought over the. pilot harry powers survived he confirmed during interrogation that he was working for u.s. intelligence. in may two thousand and ten gary powers the son of the american pilot for the. system the. plane fifty. unique perspective to be here to see the type of missile that my father down there is no animosity there's no bad feelings i look at it as a historic perspective one that we can learn from. what was left of the senior power play. our wanted to see but i believe people don't have lunch where they. think.

that it stays has played a trick on the soviet union now she wants to dine with her how can i be expected to receive. the cold war. the soviet union. was developed in one thousand nine hundred sixty. pools could get a mat by the scientists it was twenty times as powerful as all the explosives used in world war two put together it was decided to test the bomb in october one thousand nine hundred eighty one but only a tough capacity. we have said we have a one hundred million ton bomb it's true but we're not going to set it off the

reason is that if we set it off we might also have our windows shattered therefore it's not worth what. was. because crucial for so sure the soviet union possessed the world's most powerful weapon it helped push the world to the brink of catastrophe. he responded to the deployment of u.s. medium range nuclear missiles in turkey ordering similar soviet weapons to be shipped to cuba the news triggered panic in the white house. no kidding resident kennedy was under strong pressure from his generals and other people in his inner circle the generals who were called for any media bombing raid so he sent an intra five hundred aircraft would be enough to raise the russian missile base in cuba to the ground but kennedy demonstrated caution he imposed

a quarantine on cuba though it was closer to complete a blockade to the scots. in the soviet union meanwhile all me units were put on high alert this is one of moscow's secret underground bunkers it was carefully discoveries to look like an ordinary building in the event of nuclear war people in the bunkers would direct the bomb was carrying nuclear warheads and yet if nuclear war broke out the bunker would be sealed for the first three day. in the same way as. a special power plant would supply all equipment with electricity until the enemy was destroyed. fortunately the bunker has never been used in war time. to cuban crisis was resolved in the end serviette missiles were removed from cuba and the united states promised. regime. in the face for two weeks the new phase of the arms race had

a very negative effect on the soviet union's national budget nine hundred sixty two meat and dairy prices went up by an average twenty five percent the economic situation in the town of casket in russia south. to brighton factory took to the streets in protest the riot was brutally suppressed more than twenty people. some of the rebels were later given the death penalty only when it was fully aware of the. speaking of the communist party meeting he went out of his way to condone the didn't condemn it but he did not say a word of sympathy for the victims. continues one of the few. documentaries to highlight his hunting expeditions as much as his state visits.

the films were edited in such a way to show that each shot hit its target. however in one thousand nine hundred crew show from self have become a target his closest associates were hatching a plot behind his back. i warned my father about the blogs to topple him from power a month before it actually happened a man from the k.g.b. had told me. almost soon afterwards my father went to a c. resort without examining this burgeoning information only by really left the situation to take care of itself which i mean it was he's a way of saying to his rivals do as you please but. the conspirators stripped of his powers and pensioned him off live blair's neath became the new general secretary of the central committee of the soviet communist party. everyone except for close relatives cold shouldered who shelf in the first days of

the his resignation. was down to business is true that he surrendered without putting up a finite but she must've realized he had no chance of winning the battle for power only the scene which was a great new tragedy for him because he's close associates had been treating him. he was sent into what could be described as a political exile he was given a country house near moscow. the majority of what few visitors he had intellectuals who were sincerely unhappy to see the end of the crucial thole. painted bodies you told ski was crucial guest on his seventy seventh and last birthday. when we went out for a walk i said mr hershel could i make several drawings and take some pictures of

you he said sure go ahead. he has several photos is a reminder of that last meeting with. nikita khrushchev died in october one thousand nine hundred seventy one. he never had a chance to see the portrait painted by jd toasty after their meeting as they said goodbye to each other crucial for apologize to the painter for his attack on evelyn god autists at the minish gallery soon many years. in with. he said. grudge against me as i looked at the paintings down there. one of the leading artists said. i was very angry and. started shouting at. us and those official guys took advantage of that. it came about.

such five story. they were built with crucial was in power there was always a catastrophic shortage of housing in the soviet union crucial try to resolve the problem by building large numbers of prefab apartment blocks. because they didn't look appealing but at the time they were breakthrough in housing development. then it was a rail holiday when people were moved from the filth of poverty to new houses. about his deeds at the end of his life. never talked about removing stalin's cult of personality in the soviet union he didn't even speak about the rehabilitation of political prisoners. he talked about how he provided thousands of people with new homes he always thought people. crucial for remains

a controversial figure to his death his son has lived in the united states for many years in the country that is fun to overtake and. remains. atheist the soviet union would be rid of a priest. who come here about. the debate. is still open question.

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egypt's on rest is echoing throughout the arab world with thousands demanding political reforms and protests getting violent. anti-government sentiment is mounting in other parts of the middle east and north africa with people calling for change join me paulus here in a few moments for more. on this worldwide on rezzes led to a search for culprits with wall street and the doctor orchestrating food price hikes planting the seeds of revolution. plus a politician in lithuania may face jail for disagreeing with his government claims local authorities and not soviet troops were behind a fatal uprising in the baltic states twenty years ago. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t.

with twenty four hours a day a tidal wave of antigovernment protests is gathering pace as it spreads across north africa and the middle east libya joined the club of unrest on wednesday as demonstrators clashed with police activists in algeria morocco were collaborating online in part in anticipation of protests in those two countries and in iran clashes erupted during the funeral of a student killed in an anti-government rally on monday remember piece of calling for the trial and execution of the opposition leaders it's the first such an arrest in the islamic state in over a year protests are also taking place in bahrain and in yemen thousands have been running in those two countries for days calling for political reform in the middle east is strategically vital for the u.s. and the demonstrations and now threatening the stability of its allies in the region and as artie's perilously reports washington strategy in the middle east is about satisfying its own agenda and the means.